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SAVINGS BANK. l APFLICTION HLED FEB. 6, 1911. gi f Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- .are n.annirrr IVERT LARSEN, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SAFE COMPANY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OIE ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang'. 1T?, i915.

To all whom it may conce/m:

zen of the United States, residing-at Ghicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to savings banks commercially known as of the recording type; and my primary object is to provide a bank of this character having improved features of construction and oper ating in an improved manner.

My improved savings bank is preferably constructed largely from sheet metal, and is equipped with an improved locking means and also with improved coin-slot guards.

vFurther details of improvement pertain to the construction of certain metal parts employed.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a savings bank constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken as indicated at line 2 of Fig. 4; Fig. 3, a horizontal section-taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. l; Fig, et, a vertical sectional view of the savings bank taken as indicated at line l of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, an en lai-ged broken vertical sectional view showing details of the lock employed.; Fig. 6, a broken elevational view of the key emiployed; Fig.` 7, a broken elevational view of the post-form locking member with which the removable core of the savings bank in `which the money chambers are formed is equipped; Fig. S, a plan view of a tumbler or guard employed in connection with the lock; Fig. a perspective view of the rotary tubular locking member; Fig. .10, a plan view of the saine, showing also the spring employed in connection with said rotary locking member; Fig. 1l, a section taken as indicated at line-l1 of Fig. 5, but showing the `post-carried locking member in dotted lines; Fig. 12, a view similarto Fig. 11, but showing the rotary locking member rotated against the tension of its spring to the releasing position; -Fig. 13, an enlarged broken sectional view` showing a detail of one of the coin-slot guards; Fig. 14, a sectional view taken as indicated at line 14e of Fig. 13; Fig. 15, a broken lowerfl side view of the guard-carrying plate, detached from the upper wall of the casing or shell by which it is carried; Fig. 16, a perspective view of one of the guide-cylinders carried by the 'plate mentioned; and Fig. 17, a perspective view of one of the plungers, or'coin-slot guards.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a core, or body, equipped with a plurality of coin-chambers and having its base provided centrally with a post A whose upper end is formed to provide a locking member; and B, a casing or shell adapted to receive the core, or body, A, said shell having its top wall equipped with a depending locking device B which coacts with the post-form locking member A.

rlhe body, or core, A comprises a base l which preferably is of circular form and may be stamped from sheet metal; and a series of coin-chambers 2 which rise from the base at er near the periphery thereof, being arranged substantially in the form of annulus. The chambers, or coin-receptacles, 2 are of partially cylindrical form, having curved part-cylindrical walls 3 at their inner sides and openings, or slots, l at their outer sides. The walls 3 of each receptacle 2 extend preferably approximately through two-thirds of a circumference, so that the coins will be suiliciently embraced to prevent them from falling from the receptacles when the shell is removed. Each receptacle 2 may be formed` from sheet metal, and may have a bottom member 5 formed by a suitably shaped extension of the metal which is bent at right angles to the wall 3, so as to have its edges embraced by the lower mar-A ginal portions of the wall 3, the metal being left unsevered, as indicated at 6. The receptacles thus. formed are secured to the sheet metal base, as by means of rivets 7. The receptacles 2 are of sullicient height to extend near to the top of the casing or shell, but are cut away at their upper portions to accommodate the -coin-slot guards and 'to admit coins which may be inserted through the coin-slots with which the shell is provided in its circumferential. wall at the upper end portion thereof. The post A may be riveted to the central portion of the base 1, as indicated at 8. Said post A is formed at its upper end with a locking-member 9 (Fig. 7). This locking-member is `formed by reducing the upper end portion of the post, as indicated at 10, and providing the sitely disposed projections .12 whose lower receptacles.

surfaces afford locking-shoulders. As thus described, the head 12 is of substantially oval form and rounded or beveled on its upper side to facilitate engagement with the locking device carried by the shell.'

The coin-receptacles 2, which are of different sizes to accommodate coins of different denominations, encircle or surround a cham- `ber 13 adapted to receive bills.

.and a depending circumferential wall, or

fiange, 15. The wall '15 is adapted to encircle the coin-receptacles, thus closing the vertical slots or cut-away portions 4 of the coini The cup, or shell, thus described may be formed from sheet metal by a series of stamping operations. The circumferential Wall 15 is provided near its up.- per end with a series of coin-slots 16 corresponding inl size with the coin-receptacles with which they correspond. The shell is further provided with a bill-opening 17 leading to the central bill-chamber 13. As shown, the opening 17 is in the top of the shell or casing. Secured to the under side of the top 14 of the shell, as by means of.

rivets 18, is a sheet metal spider or plate 19 of annular formation and adapted to carry a series of guide-cylinders 20 fitted with plungers, or coin-slot guards, 21. The guard-carrying plate 19 has the portion ade jacent its central opening struck up, as indicated at 22 in Fig. 5, to facilitate connection with the top wall of the shell. The body ofthe plate inclines downwardly and outwardly, and at its periphery'is equipped with upturned spacing-lugs 23 whose upper ends abut against the inner surface of the casing-top, as will be understood from Figs. 2- and 13. The plate 19 is provided near its upper portion with a series of rectangular perforations 24 adapted to receivthe guidecylinders 20. The guide-cylind rs 2() are provided at their inner endswith slots 25 adapted to engage the inner walls 26 of the openings 24. Each `plunger 21 is provided on opposite sides with slots 27 adapted to engage the edge walls 28 of slots 29 which open from the outer ends of the slots 24 to the periphery of the plate 19, as shown in Fig. 15. Each guide 20 contains a spring 30 adapted to project. the. plunger 21, as shown in Fig. 14. It will be noted from Fig. 13 that the slot-guarding plungers incline downwardly and outwardly and have their outer ends impinging against the'inner cylindrical wall of the casing, so that the plunger can be retracted by the insertion of a coin.

The locking-device B carried by the casing-top 14 comprises. a rigidly secured barrel, or cylindrical casing, 31 which depends from the casing-top; a rotary locking-member 32 seated in the lower portion of the bar- 1rel 31; a tumbler, or key-guide, 33 confined in the barrel 31 above the member 32 and provided with a key-slot 34; a spring 35 encircling the locking-member 32 and serving to turn to and hold' the locking-member 32 in locking engagement with the head 11 ofv the post A and a bearing-member, or plug V36 conned in the locking-member 32 and equipped with a spring 37 confined beneath the tumbler 33 and serving to dislodge or raise the shell and locking-member carried thereby with relation to the post A when the rotary member 32 is released fromengagement with the post.

The barrel 31 has an enlarged upperend 38 which is engaged and rigidly clamped to the lower surface of the casing-top by means of a flange 39 with which the annular plate 19 is provided. The tumbler, or rotary member, 33 has its upper end provided with a shoulder 40, and has a reduced portion 41 which extends into the central opening 42.

is equipped. The member 32 is also equipped 1 at its upper'end with a flange 49 provided with a key-slot 50 and a spring-engaging socket 51. The flange 48 of the member 32 is cut away or notched throughout substan tially a quarter of its extent, as indicated at 52, and through the cut-away place extends the downturned-end 53 of the spring 35, whose lower extremity enters a socketl54 with which the fixedl barrel 31 is provided,

as shown in Fig. 5. The other end 55 of the spring enters the notch 5l, as shown in Fig. '5. The end walls 56 and 57 of the cut-away portion 52 of the flange 48 afford stops adapted to engage the downturned end 53 of the spring and limit the rotation of the member 52. l

As shown in.Figs.5 and 10, the member 32 has a bore 58 which accommodates the plug,

-or bearing, 36 and the spring 37. At the lower end of the bore 58 are internal shoule ders 59 which fiank an elongated or substantiallyloval opening 60 adapted to allow the head 11 of the locking-member 9 of the post A to enter the locking-1nember 32.. This is permitted when the rotary locking-member 32 is turned or retracted against the action of its spring, and after the core is wholly Assuming the savings bank to inserted in the shell, the member 32 is allowed to turn through the action of its spring `to the locking position. it should be added that When the post A enters the looking-member 32, the bearing member 36, Which is normally seated on the internal Vshoulders 59 of the member 32, is raised against the pressure of the spring 37 to the position shown in Fig. 5.'

The manner of use may be stated briefly. have its parts completely assembled and the core or body properly entered in the shell, the parts Will be looked together by the looking-members 9 and 32, the springs 35 of the member 32 serving normally to hold the parts in looking engagement. The -coins are inserted through the 'ooin-slots in the usual manner, retracting the slot-guards 2l as they enter, the coins dropping into the coin-receptacles. When it 'is desired to open the savings bank, a key is inserted through the slot 34 of the tumbler 33 and, engaging the slot 50 of the member 32, may be rotated to turn the meinber 32 from the looking position shown in Fig. ll to the non-looking position shown in Fig. 1 2, whereupon the spring 37 will operate to force or start the shell from the core or body. In other Words, the spring 37 operates to expel the looking-member 9 from the rotary locking-member 32, and as the lookingemember 9 is carried by the post A which rises from the base l of the shell, it is obvious that the shell Will be loosened from the core.

The foregoing detailed description 'has been given for olearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as pern'iiskthe easing-top and provided near its pe riphery with openings, removable guideoylinders seated in said openings, springs Within said guide-eyiinders, and slot-gu arding plungers movable in said Cylinders, said cylinders and plungers being provided with means adapted to interlock with the periphery of the openings to hold them in operative position therein.

2. in a savings bank, the combination of a casing comprising a top and a Vertical Wall, said vertical Wall provided in its up per portion with coin slots, body in said casing provided, With coin receptacles corresponding with said coin slots, means for looking said body and easing together, a spider secured to the easing top and provided near its periphery with openings and With relatively narrow slots extending outwardly from said openings to the periphery of the spider, guide-oylinders seated in said openings, springs within said guide-cylinders, and slot-guarding` plungers movable in said cylinders and having grooves engaging the Walls of said relatively .mirronT slots.

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